Abstract

Depth maps captured by range scanning devices or by using optical cameras often suffer from missing regions due to occlusions, reflectivity, limited scanning area, sensor imperfections, etc. In this paper, we propose a fast and reliable algorithm for depth map inpainting using the tensor voting (TV) framework. For less complex missing regions, local edge and depth information is utilized for synthesizing missing values. The depth variations are modeled by local planes using 3D TV, and missing values are estimated using plane equations. For large and complex missing regions, we collect and evaluate depth estimates from self-similar (training) datasets. We align the depth maps of the training set with the target (defective) depth map and evaluate the goodness of depth estimates among candidate values using 3D TV. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches on real as well as synthetic data.

A. Abdelhafiz, B. Riedel, and W. Niemeier, “Towards a 3D true colored space by the fusion of laser scanner point cloud and digital photos,” in Proceedings of the ISPRS Working Group V/4 Workshop (ISPRS, 2005).

A. Abdelhafiz, B. Riedel, and W. Niemeier, “Towards a 3D true colored space by the fusion of laser scanner point cloud and digital photos,” in Proceedings of the ISPRS Working Group V/4 Workshop (ISPRS, 2005).

A. Abdelhafiz, B. Riedel, and W. Niemeier, “Towards a 3D true colored space by the fusion of laser scanner point cloud and digital photos,” in Proceedings of the ISPRS Working Group V/4 Workshop (ISPRS, 2005).

A. Abdelhafiz, B. Riedel, and W. Niemeier, “Towards a 3D true colored space by the fusion of laser scanner point cloud and digital photos,” in Proceedings of the ISPRS Working Group V/4 Workshop (ISPRS, 2005).

A. Abdelhafiz, B. Riedel, and W. Niemeier, “Towards a 3D true colored space by the fusion of laser scanner point cloud and digital photos,” in Proceedings of the ISPRS Working Group V/4 Workshop (ISPRS, 2005).

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